Why I protest for climate justice

Pat Mitchell: It's so great
to see you, my friend.

Jane Fonda: Hi Pat.
It's great to be with you.

PM: Jane, for the ones who may not
have seen the extraordinary coverage

around the world of Fire Drill Fridays

and the impact that they have already had,

talk to us about the origin of this idea,

this particular response
to the climate crisis.

JF: I was very inspired by Greta Thunberg,

the Swedish student,

and by the young school climate strikers.

Greta says, we've got to get
out of our comfort zone.

We have to behave like our house
is burning, because it is.

And so she really struck a chord in me,

and then, learning that just about

a hundred percent
of climate scientists agree,

they agree that a drastic
emergency is upon us,